376 THE APPLE 



Average figures as to the cost to grow an orchard to twelve 

 years of age, taken from yearly records of orchard management, 

 are as follows : 



Cost per Acre 



Starting the orchard #19.92 to #40.00 



5 per cent interest on land valued at 



550 to $100 an acre 30.00 to 60.00 



Necessary equipment 58.80 to 75.00 



Fertilizer 1 20.00 to 240.00 



Spray material 31.20 to 42.00 



Cover crops 36.00 to 60.00 



Barrels 282.00 to 420.00 



Labor 420.00 to 600.00 



Overhead charges 9.60 to 15.00 



Total #1007.52 to #1552.00 



Cost of producing a barrel of apples. Mr. Roy D. Anthony 

 of the Geneva Experiment Station has lately compiled some very 

 interesting figures on the cost of growing a barrel of apples. These 

 figures have been culled from the records of orchards which have 

 been under the direction of the Geneva Experiment Station for 

 from two to fourteen years. The results are as follows : 



Fixed charges : 



Interest $0,227 



Taxes .02 



Machinery 075 



Buildings .03 



Management .075 



Materiah : 



Fertilizer .06 



Spraying twice .05 



Barrels .35 



Cover-crop seed .03 



Labor cost : 



Pruning 045 



Spraying twice .056 



Applying fertilizer .015 



Cultivation (plowing, hoeing, and the like) 094 



Harvesting (including picking, grading, and packing) . .025 



Marketing (delivering at shipping point) .10 



